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Author:

Amsden, Benoni Lee

Title:

Understanding Sense Of Place Among Community Residents and Volunteers in Alaska

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

volunteering
community
sense of place
photographic methods
Alaska

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Stedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert E Luloff, Committee Member
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Alan R Graefe, Committee Member

Author:

Sachau, Birger

Title:

Individual Psychology in the Teaching of Foreign Language and Literature: A New Approach in Foreign Language Pedagogy and an Adlerian Interpretation of Selected Works by Theodor Storm

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Alfred Adler
community
Gemeinschaft
German

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Leonhard Purdy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sandra J. Savignon, Committee Member
Barton W Browning, Committee Member
Michael Hager, Committee Member

Author:

Stavrositu, Carmen

Title:

Technologies of Psychological Empowerment: The Role of Agency and Community in Blogging

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

blogging
new media
empowerment
agency
community

File:

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Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member

Author:

Igwe, C. Frank

Title:

BEYOND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE INTO COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY WEBLOGS IN BUILDING OLDENBURG’S VIRTUAL THIRD PLACES IN BLACK AMERICA

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

content analysis
social support
third place
community
blogs
HIV/AIDS
African-American

File:

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Committee Members:

Lynette Kvasny, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Sawyer, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member

Author:

Matarrita Cascante, David

Title:

CONSEQUENCES OF TOURISM-BASED GROWTH ON RURAL COMMUNITIES’ QUALITY OF LIFE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LIBERIA AND LA FORTUNA,COSTA RICA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Tourism
quality of life
community
impacts of tourism

File:

Download David_MatarritaCascante_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert E Luloff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Stedman, Committee Member
James Craig Finley, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Alan R Graefe, Committee Member

Author:

Gordon, Jason S.

Title:

LATINO ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS AND USES OF OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS: COMMUNITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
Latinos
community
environmental perceptions
outdoor recreation

File:

Download gordon_dissertation_final02-13-10.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert E Luloff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert E Luloff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Craig Finley, Committee Member
Jeffrey Cash Bridger, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Solsiree Del Moral, Committee Member
Rich Stedman, Committee Member

Author:

Kelley, Matthew James

Title:

UTOPIA REDUX: ON THE CONVERGENCE OF COMMUNITY, TECHNOLOGY AND OPEN SOURCE SOCIETY

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

community development
community
urban theory
planning
urban planning
technology
utopian theory
ICT
GIS
asset based development
web 2.0
Internet

File:

Download MKelley_CompleteDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lakshman S Yapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Benner, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member

Author:

Davis, Rhonda

Title:

REFLECTIONS OF NINE PARTICIPANTS REGARDING THEIR EXPERIENCES OF BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN AND USING AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION ACROSS THEIR LIFESPAN AT HOME, SCHOOL, VOCATION, AND COMMUNITY

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

augmentative and alternative communication
African American
AAC systems
phenomenology
discrimination
barriers
supports
recommendations
school
home
vocation
employment
community

File:

Download final_edits_phenomenology_proposal3.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janice Catherine Light, Committee Member
Carol Hammer, Committee Member
Keith B Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Chilenski, Sarah Meyer

Title:

Community Risks and Resources in Rural America: What Matters?

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Geographic Information Systems
community
neighborhood
substance use
adolescent
delinquency

File:

Download SMC_full_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark T Greenberg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
J Douglas Coatsworth, Committee Member
Emilie Smith, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
D Wayne Osgood, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Gao, Wei

Title:

Social-Aware Data Dissemination in Opportunistic Mobile Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

opportunistic mobile networks
data dissemination
social networks
mobile computing
user interest
centrality
community

File:

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Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Hoffman, Blaine Eric

Title:

State college scavenger: evaluating the perspectives of mobile computing interactions within community spaces

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

mobile computing
community
evaluation
user experience

File:

Download Hoffman_Diss_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Gerald Santoro, Committee Member
Alexander Klippel, Committee Member

Author:

Terman, Anna Rachel

Title:

Hillbilly women, Affrilachians, and queer mountaineers: Belonging and mobility among young adults in rural communities

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Appalachia
intersectionality
rural sociology
women's studies
youth
community
belonging
class
mobility

File:

Download TermanDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Ann Rachel Tickamyer, Committee Member

Author:

McClure, Jennifer Marie

Title:

Understanding how Congregations Promote Community Involvement and Prosocial Behavior

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Religion
congregations
community
prosocial behavior
social networks
values
theology
organizations
activities
context

File:

Download McClure_dissertation_with_diagrams.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Kent Finke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Helen Felmlee, Committee Member
David R Johnson, Committee Member
Eric Plutzer, Committee Member

Author:

Fortunato, Michael William-Patrick

Title:

THE INDIVIDUAL-INSTITUTIONAL-OPPORTUNITY NEXUS:EXAMINING INTERACTION, PURPOSE, AND OPPORTUNITY IN RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

networking
interaction field theory
interaction
opportunity
community development
rural
entrepreneurship
community
community economic development

File:

Download Fortunato_Dissertation_Graduate_School_Finalx.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane K. McLaughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theodore R. Alter, Committee Member
Leland Glenna, Committee Member
Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Thomas Lyons, Committee Member

Author:

Lehtonen, Kelly

Title:

The Heroic Sublime in Renaissance Epic: Tasso, Spenser, Milton

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

sublime
epic
Reformation
Tasso
Spenser
Milton
heroism
abjection
charisma
self
community

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick Cheney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Cheney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caroline Eckhardt, Committee Member
David Loewenstein, Committee Member
Sherry Roush, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Jiawei

Title:

UNDERSTANDING COPRODUCTION IN THE INFORMATION AGE: APPLICATIONS IN LOCAL COMMUNITY CONTEXTS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

coproduction
community
information technology

File:

Download dissertation_jiawei_0421.pdf

Committee Members:

John M. Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M. Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Aiping Xiong, Committee Member
Scarlett Rae Miller, Outside Member

Author:

Pioltine Anseloni, Erika

Title:

THE BRAZILIAN SOCIAL MOBILIZATION FOR EDUCATION PLAN - FACTORS AFFECTING LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THE ESTREITO HYDROELECTRIC REGION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

mobilization
Social Mobilization for Education Plan
community
Plano de Mobili
power
social participation
leadership actvism
public education
democracy
community development

File:

Download Dissertation_Erika_Anseloni_16Apr2020_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark A Brennan, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tracy Scheidt Hoover, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Member
Craig A. Campbell, Outside Member
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theodore Roberts Alter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Program Head/Chair